North's Delay of Korea Summit Spurs Doubt

By

Evan Ramstad

Updated Aug. 20, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

SEOUL -- North Korea's decision to postpone a summit meeting with South Korea until early October -- when the South's president has just over three months left in power -- raises doubts that the North wants as much change in their relationship as the South does.

North Korea Saturday asked the South to postpone the summit, scheduled for three days next week in Pyongyang, because the North now is coping with major damage from heavy...